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EPISODE · Jun 25, 2024 · 30 MIN

Vegas or Bust: A Family Man Takes On the Poker Pros by Johnny Kampis

from Discover the Best Audio Stories in Biography & Memoir, Memoirs · host Murray Shields

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vegas or Bust: A Family Man Takes On the Poker Pros Author: Johnny Kampis Narrator: Chris Abernathy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 25, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Can a former semi-pro win against the best poker players in the world? In 2006, Johnny's pie-in-the-sky dreams of becoming world champion were dashed when his kings ran into aces in the World Series of Poker Main Event. But lady luck was with him when he met Amy, the woman of his dreams, who soon became his wife. Like many players, he drifted away from the game after Congress passed a law later that year that cut off funds to online poker and harkened the decline of the game. But even as Johnny returned to the working world, the itch remained. A decade later, now with two small kids in tow, Johnny convinces Amy to take a six-week family trip from their home in rural Alabama to Las Vegas, where he will risk his $10,000 bankroll in hopes of playing in the Main Event again and winning millions. Along the way, he examines how the game has changed since 2006. Although the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was the beginning of the end of the poker boom, the game still thrives, and WSOP is Exhibit A. Johnny also muses on the outlandishness of the adult fairyland that is Vegas.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773550 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Vegas or Bust: A Family Man Takes On the Poker Pros Author: Johnny Kampis Narrator: Chris Abernathy Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 57 minutes Release date: June 25, 2024 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Can a former semi-pro win against the best poker players in the world? In 2006, Johnny's pie-in-the-sky dreams of becoming world champion were dashed when his kings ran into aces in the World Series of Poker Main Event. But lady luck was with him when he met Amy, the woman of his dreams, who soon became his wife. Like many players, he drifted away from the game after Congress passed a law later that year that cut off funds to online poker and harkened the decline of the game. But even as Johnny returned to the working world, the itch remained. A decade later, now with two small kids in tow, Johnny convinces Amy to take a six-week family trip from their home in rural Alabama to Las Vegas, where he will risk his $10,000 bankroll in hopes of playing in the Main Event again and winning millions. Along the way, he examines how the game has changed since 2006. Although the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was the beginning of the end of the poker boom, the game still thrives, and WSOP is Exhibit A. Johnny also muses on the outlandishness of the adult fairyland that is Vegas.

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